How Does The Programme Work?
There are a number of components to the Private Practitioner Programme:
1. Live Interactive Training
The training will be held online via Zoom on Saturdays over a period of 2-3 months. As we’re keen to foster a real and sustainable community, numbers on the course will be limited. The course is designed to be highly interactive, giving you the opportunity to discuss issues and support to develop key systems and documents both during the training and as homework tasks between training days.
Conscious that everyone has different needs, we’re offering access to the interactive training component of the programme as a complete series (a total of 18 training hours) or selected days/half-days. It is possible to sign up for the whole course (Days 1-4), Day Two only or Day Three only. Day Four is not being offered as a separate option at this time.
The syllabus for the live training is as follows:
Day One
(6hrs)
Why Private Practice?
The Counsellor Within
Stress Less Practice
Building Systems
Finding Clients
Referral Channels
Money Matters
Profile Writing
Guest Speaker
Day Two
(6hrs)
Review of Homework
Referral Flow
Assessment
Initial Consultation
Safeguarding
Disclosure
Onward Referral
Case Management
Guest Speaker
Day Three
(3hrs)
Review of Homework
Writing Agreements
Contracting
Staying Safe
Holding Boundaries
Day 4
(3hrs)
Review of Homework
Therapeutic Space
Therapeutic Executor
Data Protection & GDPR
Supervision
DBS
Business Liabilities
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2. Peer Networking
The programme provides a ready-made source of support through your peers on the training. You’ll be able to share ideas and support each other during the training, between sessions and in perpetuity via membership of a free, peer moderated Facebook group which will be dedicated just to your training cohort.
Use this group to get feedback on profiles, contracts, and other document templates as you prepare them, ask questions, brainstorm ideas, set up peer supervision groups and form bonds that will carry you through the most challenging aspects of private practice.
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3. Guest Speaker Q&A Sessions
There is nothing as motivating as the success story of someone who is relatable. In addition to Erika's own professional insights, the live training includes two short sessions with practitioners who’ve made the transition to being self-employed relatively recently. They’ll share their experiences and be on hand to answer any questions you have for them.
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PPP Whole Course: 23rd April - 25th June 2022
18 hours of live & interactive training via Zoom + free access to an exclusive PPP peer networking group hosted on Facebook.
£300 or 3 x £110 monthly instalments
PPP Whole Course: 10th Sept - 19th Nov 2022
18 hours of live & interactive training via Zoom + free access to an exclusive PPP peer networking group hosted on Facebook.
£300 or 3 x £110 monthly instalments
Book Day One only (6hrs)
PPP Day One only: 23rd April 2022
6 hours of live & interactive training via Zoom + free access to an exclusive PPP peer networking group hosted on Facebook.
£115
PPP Day One only: 10th September 2022
6 hours of live & interactive training via Zoom + free access to an exclusive PPP peer networking group hosted on Facebook.
£115
Book Day Two only (6hrs)
PPP Day Two only: 7th May 2022
6 hours of live & interactive training via Zoom + free access to an exclusive PPP peer networking group hosted on Facebook.
£115
PPP Day Two only: 24th September 2022
6 hours of live & interactive training via Zoom + free access to an exclusive PPP peer networking group hosted on Facebook.
£115
Book Day Three only (3hrs)
PPP Day Three only: 28th May 2022
3 hours of live & interactive training via Zoom + free access to an exclusive PPP peer networking group hosted on Facebook.
£60
PPP Day Three only: 22nd October 2022
3 hours of live & interactive training via Zoom + free access to an exclusive PPP peer networking group hosted on Facebook.
£60
4. Optional Standalone Resources
This programme is laser targeted on getting you up and running with your first clients in a safe and supported way as quickly as possible. We could have written a course that sought to cover every conceivable issue that you might ever run into, but experience has taught us that information overload tends to produce productivity paralysis. In addition, cramming in everything just extends training and hikes up costs.
There are important knowledge areas that pertain to being self-employed, but that fall outside the strict ambit of counselling practice. There are also document templates that will be useful to some in getting started quickly, but not to others. We’ve chosen to offer these as optional standalone resources The standalones include:
• A Guide to Tax & National Insurance for Sole Traders
• Data Protection & GDPR
• Templates for Assessment, Contracts, Emails, etc.
N.B All standalone resources are available at a 50% discount to those who purchase the full live training (Days 1-4 together).
Coming Soon...Coaching & Mentoring Support
Providing they themselves are in private practice, your supervisor will be well-equipped to provide pointers as to how to manage your newly established private practice. However, the main function of clinical supervision is to provide support for your casework, meaning that there may be limited time to address issues specifically relating to practice administration issues during supervision sessions.
Our coaching and mentoring scheme is dedicated exclusively to providing "light touch" support to help you get your practice up and running.
You'll be able contact us at anytime for email-based support with issues from writing profiles to organising a workflow.
You'll have free access to an expanding library of resources, some of which will be exclusive to you as a paying subscriber.
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